Wheelbarrow



(No Model.)

P. 'E. FAY.

WHEELBARROW. No. 354,776. PdtentedDemZl, 1886.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. E. FAY, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

WHEELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,776, dated December21, 1886.

\ Application filed May 6, 1886. Serial No. 201,360. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED. E. FAY, of Bryan, county'of Williams, State ofOhio, have in .vented a new and useful Improvement in 5 legat its lowerend or at alpoint somewhat Fig. 2 is a similar side elevation of agarden-- barrow, illustrating my. invention.

Heretofore barrows have been made with a leg attached to thehandle-piece and projecting above the latter to support the tray at itsrear end, and asimilar leg-brace has been employed starting from thefoot or near the foot of the leg, ahd projecting forward has beenattached to the handle-piece and a portion made to extend above thelatter to support the front of the tray. This fixed relation, however,of the legpiece and brace has rendered it difficult at times toaccommodate slight differences in size or shape of the trays, whichdifferences are very difficult to obviate in the general manufacture ofwheelbarrows.

It is the purpose of this invention to construct a barrow which shalldispense with the leg-brace having its top terminated as the forwardbrace of the tray, yet to produce a construction which shall make astiff and strong barrow and obviate the above-mentioned difficultiesarising out of the circumstances related.

To this end, A represents the handles; 13, the tray, of a wheelbarrow;C, the leg, which upon an ordinary dump-wheelbarrow has its upper endprojected at c to support the rear end of the tray, but which isdispensed with where the invention is applied, as in Fig.2, to agarden-barrow or implement of that type.

D is a leg-brace, made to project from the above its lower end, as maybe desired. This brace D projects thence forward, and is fastened at itsend to the handle-piece either at or somewhat in the rear of the axle ofthe wheel. Thisleg-brace D may be either straight or curved. Both formsare shown in the drawings. So, also, the brace may rest upon the ground,and the 'leg O be secured thereto at a distance above the ground; and Iwould have it understood that my invention contemplates as equivalentseither the construction in which the leg rests upon the ground, and thebrace is secured thereto, or one in which the brace rests upon theground, and the leg is secured thereto.

I would also have it understood that the forward end of the brace mayterminate back of the axle of the wheel, or it may be carried forward tothe extreme end of the handle, and

may, if desired, either support the axle-boxes or may be bored for thedirect reception of the end of the axle.

E is a tray-brace secured to the handlepiece A. This tray-brace can ofcourse be adjusted against the tray or upon a gardenbarrow, or barrow ofthat type can be adjusted against the forward board of the barrowregardless of any particular size or shape of the tray, and regardlessof any particular location of the forward board, whether nearer to orfarther from the wheel. This brace E is also fastened to the tray. i

What I claim is 1. In a wheelbarrow, the combination, with thehandle-piece and leg, of a leg-brace extending from or near the foot ofthe leg and projecting forward to-the end of the handlepiece and securedthereto, said leg-brace being adapted to form apart of the axle-support,substantially as described.

2. In a wheelbarrow, the combination of the handle-piece A, the tray B,the leg 0, ex-v tended above the handle-piece to support the rear end ofthe tray, the leg-brace D, and the rigidly-secured brace E, resting uponthe forward end of the handle-piece and supporting the forward end ofthe tray, substantially as described.

. In testimony whereof I sign this specificarco tion in the presence oftwo witnesses.

- FRED. E. FAY.

YVitnesses:

M. B. ODoeHERrY, N. S; WRIGHT.

